Monday, February 11, 2013

THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT.

I think GOP Congressman Steve Stockman bringing Ted Nugent to the State of the Union is a wonderful idea. I've said before that, unlike the crackpot politicians who have been destroying the Republican Party with their ravings, Nugent is a rock star whose credentials as a nut were established long before he started getting into political gibberish. You can no more blame him or take offense at what comes out of his mouth than you could a hyena. As for Stockman, if has any idea at all besides durr-hurr Motor City Madman, it must be that the Republican political lunatics lack only a certain authenticity, and he hopes Nugent's will rub off on them. It's sort of like when Jon Landau taught Bruce Springsteen about John Ford, only hilarious.

The Dems could have invited Wesley Willis when they had the chance, so they deserve this. If Nugent starts speaking in tongues during the SOTU, that'll be alright with me. These things are excruciatingly dull and I could use the laughs.

Since the Congressional Democrats are far too lame to fight back, it falls to Obama to put the GOP in check; I advise that he punctuate every proposal in his speech with "don't believe me just watch, nigga nigga nigga," and close with, "popped a molly I'm sweatin', woo." That might begin to make up for the drones.

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I think an idiot Republican bringing a cockheaded rawker who vaguely threatened to kill the President to a presidential speech is VERY MUCH the State of the Union. All that's missing is Eric Cantor bringing a clown.

In my mind's eye I see the Secret Service detail for Messrs. Stockman and Nugent as majority nonwhite and majority female, with instructions to yank M. Nugent down if he looks like he's going anywhere except to the bathroom. . .

I was gonna say, as long as the noodge sits there quietly and respectfully and doesn't bellow out "you lie!" or "wang dang sweet poontang!" in the middle of the SOTUS, I have no problem with his presence.

I can't speak for the rest of the country, but I personally would be more likely to watch the Nuge. It's going to be shorter than the official GOP speech, especially since there's a bonus Tea Party response this year. At only three minutes and change, I doubt I could manage to choke down enough alcohol to really damage myself.

He has had two wives and has eight children, including three out of wedlock in two liaisons almost 30 years apart. In the late 1960s, prior to his first marriage, Nugent fathered a boy, Ted (Mann) and a girl, whom he gave up for adoption in infancy. This did not become public knowledge until 2010. The siblings were adopted separately and had no contact with one another. The son learned the identity of his birth father in 2010 through the daughter's quest to make contact with him and their birth parents. According to a news report, Nugent over the years had discussed the existence of these children with his other children.[25]

In 2005 Nugent was involved in a legal battle for not paying enough child support for a child he had out of wedlock in 1995.[26] It was finally resolved when Nugent was ordered to pay $3,500 per month in child support.[27]

He was married to his first wife, Sandra Jezowski, from 1970 to 1979. They had three children, son Theodore Tobias "Toby" Nugent, and daughters Sasha and Starr Nugent. Sandra died in a car crash in 1982. His second marriage was to Shemane Deziel, whom he met while a guest on Detroit's WLLZ-FM, where she was a member of the news staff. They married on January 21, 1989. Together they have two children, son Rocco Winchester Nugent, and daughter Chantal Nugent.

In 1978, Nugent began a relationship with seventeen-year-old Hawaii native Pele Massa. Due to the age difference they could not marry so Nugent joined Massa's parents in signing documents to make himself her legal guardian, an arrangement that Spin magazine ranked in October 2000 as #63 on their list of the "100 Sleaziest Moments in Rock".[28][29]

This loud mouth know-nothing racist is going to have to sit quietly and respectfully while a black man patiently and paternally expounds on a middle-of-the road view of America that causes the pant shitter Nugent to become completely unhinged. Unfortunately for him If he acts out he is forever tagged as a childish buffoon to reasonable people and if he doesn't he just shows himself to be a giant pussy to his moron supporters.

The Dems should invite Ice Cube to sit by him. The proximity of a real-honest-to-betsy moderate muslim black man who is capable of rational debate might make Nugent's head explode, Scanners-style.Or it might usher in the End of the World. A bit late, but there you go.

Mayans and their stupid calendars. ptchuh! I had fifty bucks at 40-1 that the end of civilisation was coming.

He won't do or say anything impolitic. And then he'll tell his slavering minions that "he didn't need to," that O "made a fool of himself all by himself," etc. It's all theater, in which the performers and the audience get to pretend, to themselves and each other, that it's real life. "Entertainment" indeed.

The unfortunate part of this is that Stockman will behave as if this were some sort of public relations coup, and that Nugent's mere presence is a public rebuke to Obama... and the press will pick that up and run with it for days, or until they run out of gas. And, the Twitter threads will be excruciating.

Of course it's governance by slapstick, but that goes without saying, these days.

I'm laughing because this stupid stunt is going to steal oxygen from the current GOP effort to re-brand itself as something other than loathsome batshit. The big takeaway from the response to the speech isn't going to be Marco Rubio showing the new, less wetback-hating side of the party or Eric Cantor explaining how Republican policies are good for working Americans but instead will be a stream of nonsense from a fossilized cock rocker who likes machine guns and impregnating teenage girls. That's quite a strategy to close your credibility gap - especially among women and young people! - against the sober, serious, dignified President of the United States and his policies.

The funny thing about this invite is that "the Nuge" will totally upstage Marco Rubio, just like Clint Eastwood upstaged Mittens. Somewhere, a GOP consultant is banging his head against his desk repeatedly.

Ya, know, it's possible I've seen Ted Nugent more than any other performer. Definitely top three. Not that I ever particularly liked him. Back then we'd go to any concert and he came through town three or four times a year. As someone who saw him numerous times between 1973 and 1977, there is no way he'll ever get me to believe he didn't take a lot of drugs, certainly before the success of Stranglehold and Cat Scratch Fever. I don't remember much from all those concerts, but during the Great White Buffalo era he was clearly wired on something. I don't know if there was any evidence beyond what was plainly in front of our eyes when he was on stage, but he was widely considered to be a legendary speed freak, which might explain his subsequent mental breakdown. And of course there's no way he didn't get high on weed in those little smoke filled arenas back in the seventies, even if he never actually took a toke on a joint. But apparently that didn't do him any good.

Nuge's mother (allegedly) penned an advice column for the monthly Illinois Entertainer, the free music tabloid you'd find near the exits of record stores in the Chicago area back in the 70s and 80s. "Ask Ma Nugent". She always seemed sweet and reasonable and tolerant, even liberal. I suppose her son is a pathological example of adolescent rebellion in a progressive household.

And who'd want to miss that? The SOTU as La Dolce Vita (or The Garden of Earthly Delights)! Then, instead of singling out war and shooting victims in the audience, the president could call our attention to some really cool shit "hapnin' inna house."

It doesn't. He just stalks her and others all day long. He has no life other than his computer and projects missives as a real tough guy. Meanwhile he is just some twerp with misguided inner feelings. Is he boy, Is he a girl kinda feelings. No idea who Michael Faraday is. The Dark Avenger is who I am referring too.

Read above, it doesn't. let me guess, you and DA are buddies? Here is the deal, when you stalk people on the internet, especially Amanda Marcotte, you get what you deserve. End of story. Killing and Grilling baby

Actually, I don't know Dark Avenger, but again, you were the one who made the connection to magnets and being a loser, and in fact brought him/her up in the first place. And I take it you're against stalking Amanda Marcotte? That's a good thing, stalking is bad, and she does get a lot of weird haters. That all being said, I don't see why it was brought up in the first place, as it has nothing to do with Ted Nugent being a bit of a laugh or, as far as I can tell, magnets. Maybe you should reign in your non-sequiters.

Doc,I am simply pointing out that TDA is a sick, twisted, perverted individual who stalks Amanda Marcotte's blog and now is following me all over/stalking me where ever I post. I simply want to talk about killing and grilling and he wants to talk about nothing on topic. Make sense?DocArms

your right that they are both white but you never answered my topic. Ocean and Smalls are both gangsta black thugs. amirite!? p.s. guaranteed that nugent would win an election over ocean. he is just some gangsta kid with terrible music

Frank Ocean wrote songs for Justin Bieber, which would be as far away from "thug gangsta" as one could get if that were a quantifiable property. You can either be a thug gangsta or write songs for Justin Bieber, you can't do both.

The dozens of old white guys who still listen to Nooge rock the fuck out would totally stomp the kabillion fans of Frank Ocean — who is also gay, in addition to being not at all like Biggie Smalls — in an election because they have the magic math of being white and old.

you wish that you could kill and grill Nugent but guess what- He is the next GOP candidate and will beat anyone you put in front of him. Jesse "The Racist" Jackson, Hillary "Carpet Muncher" Clinton, Al "Douchebag" Gore, Joe "I didn't do it" Biden and who am I missing?

Hey Ed, you have a guy by the name of "The Dark Avenger" who just goes from disqus page to disqus and harasses folks who don't agree with Amanda Marcotte. I suggest a level 10 with a seismic leak of 5.5 and the dumpster. you agree?

Nope, its called go back to hibernation on Amanda's shitty blog. You and her deserve each other. 2 unemployed, suck on the tit entitlements loving ugly liberal losers. oh and i forgot wanna be atheists

Dude, you asked whom you'd omitted from the list of possible opponents Nugent might face in the 2016 presidential election. I provided them for you.

Honestly, if you can't follow the thread of the conversations you start and won't even bother to copy-paste interesting items you found in the Toronto Globe and Mail's police blotter, how do you expect me to take you seriously?

are you still drooling all over he blog. Your infatuation with her is frightening It clearly shows all your fellow bloggers what type of mental problems you have. You should be embarrassed with yourself. What does your wife think or your husband, whatever you prefer

When you obsessively post about Amanda Marcotte like The Dark Avenger, that is considered stalking. Also, when you show up on every blog that I am on uninvited, that is stalking. Look it up. I know you are great with a computer and google since you don't work.

If I am being honest with you, Mr. England, your responses make no sense. Isn't dinner time in England? Please get off the American dream blog. Oh I forgot, you can stay on this one, it is full of unemployed, tit sucking, entitlement loving, obozo care lovers. enjoy

Baby's doing a bang-up job representing the Nuge's fanbase. It should does terrify this effete liberal to think of the awesome showing we can expect from Teddy Boy in the 2016 Repub primaries...scary, kids, very scary...

Isn't Amanda waiting for you The Dark Avenger? Stick that on your electronic trail. your threats mean nothing to me. your attempt at slandering people that don't believe the same atheist bull shit you believe troubling and cowboi, how is Amanda doing? Captain Copy and Paster

What is it about the racist misogynists particular to stalking Amanda Marcotte that makes them particularly boring? It shouldn't be that hard to shock or offend with style, but it's just not possible for our new friend here. I believe it was Yeats who wrote that "There is nothing sadder than Troll fail/Because of boredom."

Oh, dude. This is the best. Or it would be the best if it ever happened, which it won't, but don't let that stop you. Please try running Noodgey for something, please, please, I'm begging you. Dogcatchers and their clients will set up a non-stop howl from coast to coast and Tina Fey and Sarah Palin and Mlle. O'Donnell the Witch Lady (closely followed by Yosemite Sam) will all confess themselves outdone. The temporal-spatial continuum will grow itself an infundibulum and start making Harpo Marx noises through it. The very nature of reality will change, and Noodgey still won't get elected, but we'll all have had a good time in the interim.

The post-speech intvus with the Nuge will multiply the GooooPs effect, too. Can we pay a network mic handler to ask him about abortion while he's hawt tonight? I'm sure his insights into how lady parts work will illuminate the national discourse no end.